Crabs, shrimps and kin of the Western Ghats
111 crabs, shrimps and kin on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats, 1 of them threatened (1 Vulnerable).
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened crabs, shrimps and kin of the Western Ghats (1)
All crabs, shrimps and kin of the Western Ghats on the list (111)
- Alitropus typus
- Alpheus samudra
- Aradhya placida
- Arcithelphusa tumpikkai
- Armadillidium vulgare Common Pill Woodlouse
- Atergatis integerrimus Red egg crab
- Austruca annulipes Ring-legged Fiddler Crab
- Barusa gracillima
- Barusa guerini
- Barusa mccanni
- Barytelphusa cunicularis Brown Freshwater Crab DD
- Belzebub hanseni
- Caridina carli DD
- Caridina chauhani
- Caridina fernandoi
- Caridina gracilipes
- Caridina jalihali
- Caridina mathiassi DD
- Caridina natarajani
- Caridina shahrazadae
- Caridina shenoyi
- Charybdis feriata Coral Swimmer Crab
- Charybdis hellerii Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
- Charybdis lucifer
- Charybdis pusilla
- Charybdis riversandersoni
- Clibanarius infraspinatus Orange-striped Hermit Crab
- Clibanarius padavensis
- Cubaris murina Little Sea Pill Woodlouse
- Cylindrotelphusa steniops
- Dotilla myctiroides Asian Soldier Crab
- Episesarma versicolor Violet Vinegar Crab
- Gecarcinucus edwardsi DD
- Gecarcinucus jacquemontii
- Ghatiana atropurpurea Purple Tree Crab
- Ghatiana aurantiaca
- Ghatiana botti
- Ghatiana dvirupa
- Ghatiana hyacintha
- Ghatiana rouxi
- Ghatiana sanguinolenta
- Ghatiana splendida
- Grapsus albolineatus Mottled Lightfoot Crab
- Gubernatoriana longipes
- Inglethelphusa fronto DD
- Joryma sawayah
- Karkata ghanarakta
- Karkata kusumbha
- Lamella lamellifrons
- Leptocarpus potamiscus Bombay prawn
- Macrobrachium canarae DD
- Macrobrachium gurudeve VU
- Macrobrachium idella Slender river prawn
- Macrobrachium indicum
- Macrobrachium jayasreei DD
- Macrobrachium kulkarnii DD
- Macrobrachium kunjuramani DD
- Macrobrachium lamarrei Kuncho river prawn
- Macrobrachium lanatum Chameleon prawn
- Macrobrachium madhusoodani DD
- Macrobrachium malcolmsonii Monsoon river prawn
- Macrobrachium prabhakarani DD
- Macrobrachium rosenbergii Giant river prawn
- Macrobrachium sankolli
- Macrobrachium scabriculum Goda river prawn
- Macrobrachium veliense DD
- Macrobrachium walvanense DD
- Matuta victor Common Moon Crab
- Maydelliathelphusa napaeum
- Melita zeylanica
- Menippe rumphii Maroon Stone Crab
- Mesopodopsis zeylanica
- Metopograpsus cannicci
- Nagurus cristatus Dwarf Gray-striped Woodlouse
- Nagurus nanus
- Oziotelphusa aurantia
- Oziotelphusa bouvieri
- Oziotelphusa naga
- Oziotelphusa ravi
- Palaemon sewelli
- Palaniana convexa
- Parasesarma bengalense
- Parasesarma plicatum Orange-claw marsh crab
- Penaeus monodon giant tiger prawn
- Perioculodes megapleon
- Pilarta vaman
- Ponmudiana pollicaris DD
- Porcellio scaber Common Rough Woodlouse
- Porcellionides pruinosus Powder Blue Isopod
- Portunus pelagicus Asian Blue Swimming Crab
- Portunus reticulatus
- Portunus sanguinolentus Three-spotted Swimmer Crab
- Pseudosesarma glabrum
- Pusillosa pusilla DD
- Sahyadriana alcocki
- Sahyadriana keshari
- Sahyadriana pilosipes
- Sahyadriana thackerayi
- Sahyadriana triangulus
- Scylla olivacea Orange Mud Crab
- Scylla serrata Mud Crab
- Scylla tranquebarica Purple Mud Crab
- Spelaeomysis longipes
- Sphaeroma annandalei
- Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma
- Trachelipus rathkii Rathke's Woodlouse
- Urothoe platydactyla
- Vanni gracilis
- Vanni travancorica DD
- Varuna litterata Varuna Crab
- Vela carli DD
Crabs, shrimps and kin elsewhere
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Other species of the Western Ghats
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